BskyB have announced that they will be launching a brand new TV channel, aimed at older women. Human interest and reality TV shows will be well represented in the programming scehdule.

Sky Real Lives will replace Sky Travel when it launches later this autumn and Sky’s Barbara Gibbon said: “There is a huge appetite for real life stories that engage the full range of emotions for our viewers.”

BSkyB entertainment boss Sophie Turner Laing said: “This initiative is driven by customer demand and fits our ambition to offer the best content in every genre, whether entertainment, film, arts, news and now human interest. Read more & comment »

Myleene Klass will feature on Sky HDTV’s new TV testcard. The original testcard, which featured a young girl playing noughts and crosses, aired on terrestrial TV channels when programmes ended for the night, but I think we can all admit that Myleene will be a definite improvement!

Myleene commented: “I’m really excited to be the face of the Sky HD testcard and to be taking part in a little piece of TV history.

“For me, the card evokes nostalgic childhood memories of staring at the TV waiting for Playschool.”

Chris Johns, chief engineer at Sky, added: “Myleene looked great in the jungle and looks even better in HD.”

HD-enabled viewers can see the Klass card on Sky channel 268.